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Seneca, thinker for a time of paranoia: Facing, not fearing, death leads to a better life
By Yen Makabenta
May 18, 2021 12:06 am

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SOHRAB Ahmar, opinion editor of the New York Post, has a new book just off the press: The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos (Convergent Books, New York, 2021). The volume is notable for tackling without flinching the zeitgeist (spirit) of the age: the paranoia over Covid-19 and the obsession of people today with safety.